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U.S. Delays New Racetrack Horseshoeing Rules

Committee chair confirms ban on all traction devices

By Jeff Cota posted on June 15, 2022 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds

As the calendar flips to July, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Racetrack Safety Program is largely in effect. Implementation of the shoeing rules is the only component that remains.

From the AFJ Archives: Shoein' Million Dollar Winners

By Joe Trhlik posted on January 6, 2018 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Shoeing

I moved to Arizona in 2004 and gave up the track to handle performance and backyard horses. I am happy to say I’m still shoeing horses at my age, just not as many of them. There are things similar and some different from the track when we did that story.

Keeping Polo Athletes Competing

The dos and don’ts of trimming and shoeing these hard working horses

By Steve Kraus posted on March 6, 2017 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Education, Lamenesses, Shoeing

The sport of polo wasn’t always a sport. The oldest game using a ball and some sort of stick on a horse, is thought to have originated thousands of years ago in ancient Persia or China.

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Hoof Beats: Don’t Bow To The Bow

By Steve Stanley posted on March 2, 2016 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing

Source: Hoof Beats Magazine

Anybody associated with performance horses as a career has seen, and had to deal with, tendon injuries. A bowed tendon is one of the most prominent and debilitating injuries in horse racing.

Restricting Foot Slide Causes P1 Fractures

Study finds surfaces and traction devices present a higher injury risk

By Jeff Cota posted on January 4, 2016 | Posted in Anatomy, Disciplines & Breeds, Lamenesses, Shoeing

When altering horses’ traction, farriers are applying lessons that they learned when they were but knee-high to a grasshopper. It’s called the Goldilocks principle.

Just the Facts?

Equine vet Dave Ramey says results from shoeing studies don’t always agree with past practices and assumptions

By Diane Rice posted on March 1, 2010 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

For decades, farriers have held to long-accepted standards and practices. Yet how accurate are these dogmatic principles?

New Track Surfaces Present Challenges To Platers

Jury still out on the best way to shoe for synthetic tracks

By Heather Smith Thomas posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Business Practices

Shoeing the racehorse has taken on a new set of challenges with the new Polytrack synthetic surfaces being used on many racetracks.

Latest Hoof-Care Ideas From Vet Meeting

Check out these footcare ideas from December’s annual meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing

A recent study by Mark Martinelli indicates toe grabs do not appear to have any adverse impact on catastrophic racing injuries among Quarter Horses.

Toe Grabs Up to 4 mm are OK

The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee modifies its previous recommendation regarding toe grabs, which may lead farriers and trainers to adjust and manufacturers and dealers to scramble

By Jeremy McGovern posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment

Last summer, The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee (TSC) based on recommendations from the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Shoeing and Hoof Care Committee recommended that toe grabs on the fronts of racing Thoroughbreds longer than 2 mm should be banned.

More Toe Grabs Being Banned

The impact on track shoers from banning toe grabs over 2 millimeters will be minimal, but it may have serious implications for trainers

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2008 | Posted in Equipment

A move that started last summer to ban toe grabs on the front feet of Thoroughbreds continues to gain momentum in a number of states.

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Articles Tagged with ''toe grabs''

U.S. Delays New Racetrack Horseshoeing Rules

From the AFJ Archives: Shoein' Million Dollar Winners

Keeping Polo Athletes Competing

Hoof Beats: Don’t Bow To The Bow

Restricting Foot Slide Causes P1 Fractures

Just the Facts?

New Track Surfaces Present Challenges To Platers

Latest Hoof-Care Ideas From Vet Meeting

Toe Grabs Up to 4 mm are OK

More Toe Grabs Being Banned

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Current Issue

American Farriers Journal

Plenty of Hoof-Care Growth in 50 Years

Celebrating 2 Decades of Extraordinary Hoof-Care Learning

Butler’s Insights Hold Strong

Current Issue

Special Report For Equine Veterinarians

Must Read Free Eguides

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary

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Michigan Horseshoers Association 55th Annual Clinic

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Kawell USA

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